Lazzaretto of Ancona Ancona The Lazzaretto of Ancona, also called the Mole Vanvitelliana, is a pentagonal 18th-century building built on an artificial island as a quarantine station for the port town of Ancona, Italy. Past exhibitions (1) The Bersaglieri Revolt of Ancona and the Popular Uprising: One Hundred and One Years Later 10 Jun 2021 — 27 Jun 2021 An exhibition at the Mole Vanvitelliana exploring the 1920 Bersaglieri revolt in Ancona and its popular uprising, revisited 101 years on.